Ginger Beer, Phillips, BC

I don't know why I bought this. I like cooked ginger, but not raw ginger tasting things.

Julie said she didn't hate it, but I notice she never finished a glass.

I poured it out. Seems to be a trend, I noticed another at the store, but I won't be trying that one.

Chocolate Mint Brown Ale, Dead Frog, BC

Sometimes you know it will be bad... and you just want to know _how_ bad.

Well, we drank most of the bottle. A small glass with desert is OK.

Tastes like beer flavored with after-8 mints. Hm.

Midnight Sun Espresso Stout, Yukon Brewing Company, YK

It was cheap, only $13.95 for 6, and I've never had a beer from the Yukon. It's horrid. I couldn't finish my first bottle, and gave the other's away. Maybe somebody else likes coffee flavoured beer, but not me. It doesn't taste so much like coffee, but more like coffee grounds. Yuck.

Black Amber Ale, Big Rock Brewery, AB

I thought I used to like this beer... it was the only interesting thing in the Canmore beer stores, a pretty sad showing.

Anyhow, I poured the last few out. Not tasty.

Chocolate Cherry Porter, Tin Whistle, BC

Oops. Julie saw this down at Brewery Creek, and was curious. I thought, how bad could it be?

Well, I just poured it down the sink, putting it in a very select group of beers, indeed.

I managed to be both sweet and sour, all at the same time. Not good. Neither Julie or I could do it.

After all, if you're drinking, but not liking the beer, maybe you have a problem?

The first 0-star on the blog, a category reserved for beers I won't finish.

Slipstream Cream Ale, Phillips, BC

Ok, I tried this before, and thought it had gone bad. It had, but its still a terrible beer.

Mike's had it before, and claims it was OK, but none of us had anything good to say about this latest try.

It tasted distinctly watered down, literally, like beer mixed with water, and ending with a strange and unpleasant flavour. The batch that was bad had a similar flavour, but much more intense. What are they thinking?